A leaked copy of one
report says teachers at Oldknow Academy told school inspectors they were
alarmed by the use of terms such as ‘white prostitute’ and ‘hellfire’
in school assemblies, and that non-Muslim teachers were banned from
being present.

A leaked report speaks of alarm at language and teaching in Oldknow Junior School, Birmingham

A report by the Education
Funding Agency says: ‘We were told by teachers that non-Muslim teaching
staff are no longer allowed to take Friday assemblies. In separate
interviews, staff told us that in Friday assemblies, occasionally words
have been used such as “white prostitute” and “hellfire” which they
felt were inappropriate for young children.’

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Well-placed
sources have told The Mail on Sunday that the term ‘white prostitute’
was used to suggest to pupils that Muslim women were moral but
non-Muslim women were not.

Oldknow
Academy, which has around 600 pupils, is said to have been the subject
of a gradual takeover by extremists, who allegedly pushed out head
teacher, Bhupinder Kondal, because she opposed the ‘Islamisation’ of the
school.

Officially, Mrs Kondal is on sick leave, and she refused to discuss the matter with The Mail on Sunday.

She was among four of the school’s six senior managers who have left in recent months.

It
is also claimed that in one assembly, just before Christmas last year, a
senior teacher led ‘an anti-Christian’ chant. He allegedly shouted at
the pupils ‘Do we believe in Christmas?’, to which the pupils replied
collectively ‘No we don’t.’

Head teacher Bhupinder Kondal opposed the 'Islamisation' of Oldknow Junior School

The senior teacher is said to have made other ‘anti-Christian comments’ at the same assembly.

Officials
from education watchdog Ofsted, who have also studied the ‘Trojan
Horse’ claims, investigated the ‘anti-Christmas’ chant incident, but
found no evidence of it.

However,
a source said that teachers and pupils at Oldknow have referred to
Christians as ‘kaffirs’, a derogatory Arabic term meaning infidels.

The
source said that as part of the Islamic takeover, urinals from the
boy’s toilets were removed, in accordance with Muslim custom which
frowns on those who stand up to urinate.

More
than 95 per cent of Oldknow’s pupils are Muslim. It holds Islamic
prayers every Friday, teaches Arabic and organises trips to Mecca.

Last
week, Oldknow teacher, Samir Rauf defended the school, accusing Ofsted
inspectors of ‘having an agenda’. He said he had seen no evidence of an
extremist takeover, and denied Christmas had been banned.

In
February, a senior Oldknow teacher is said to have posted a message on
social media urging all Muslims to disown those who gave up their faith.

He said: ‘Do not love the one who does not love Allah. If they can leave Allah, they will leave you.’

Only
a year ago, an Ofsted inspection of Oldknow found it ‘outstanding’ in
all areas, including in promoting multi-racial harmony.

It is one of 21 schools being probed for claims extremists tried to influence teaching.

Education
Secretary Michael Gove is expected to put five schools into special
measures when the reports are published tomorrow. He will make a Commons
statement as head teachers hold a press conference in Birmingham to
speak publicly for the first time.

The five schools
include Oldknow, and secondary schools Park View and Golden Hillock. The
running and teaching at all three have been described as ‘inadequate.’

According to a leaked report, teachers at the school lead chants criticising Christmas

Ofsted
inspectors criticise poor teaching at Golden Hillock, and in their
report say: ‘Too little is done to keep students safe from the risks
associated with extremist views.’

The
school, which has just under 900 pupils, is said to have been taken
over by extremists with an ‘Islamising agenda.’ Former head teacher
Matthew Scarrott reportedly left because he opposed the change.

Ofsted
say Golden Hillock did not provide adequate sex education and that some
female teachers at were spoken to in a way they found ‘intimidating’.

The
school did little to ‘mitigate against cultural isolation,’ leaving
students ‘vulnerable to the risk of marginalisation from wider British
society and the associated risks, which could include radicalisation’.

However
Mohammed Shafique, chairman of governors at Golden Hillock, said he
would challenge any move to put the school into special measures:
‘Ofsted’s views are completely unfounded, we do not practise
isolationism or segregation. They did not check the reality on the
ground. They were listening to comments Michael Gove made.’

At
Park View, it is alleged that pupils were told homosexuality is evil,
given lists of Christian teachers and told to try to convert them and
that staff preach ‘mind-blowing’ anti-Western propaganda in assemblies.